Two summer schools focused on skills for cognitive modeling and mathematical psychology will each receive $20,000 grants ...

The director of Duke University’s Mind & Culture Lab conducts research that sits at the intersection of culture, development, ...

A certain type of brain training appears to prevent or delay dementia by some 25% in people older than age 65, according to new research.Surprisingly, it wasn’t memory or problem-solving tasks that ...

Homophobia of course never went away, but not long ago, it seemed like it might. Implicit and explicit bias against gay people fell steadily from 2007 to 2020 and was on track to soon hit ...

Concerns about bots answering online surveys are exaggerated, but a new threat is emerging in artificial intelligence agents.

Do you see images in your mind? Do you have an inner monologue? Do you have memories you swear are real? Our minds have tremendous variation. This hour, insights on how our brains construct ...

Edward L. Deci, a psychologist at the University of Rochester whose groundbreaking insights, with his colleague Richard M. Ryan, into what motivates people to do what they do — or not — helped ...

Maintaining a positive outlook on life, and about aging in particular, also appears to benefit people in their later years.A 2022 study found that women over 50 who scored highest on a measure of ...

Friendship is particularly vulnerable to the alienating force of hyper-individualism. It is the most voluntary relationship, held together primarily by choice rather than by blood or law. So as people ...

AMPPS periodically announces open calls for proposed manuscripts for special sections on topics of broad relevance to our readers, and calls for contributors to multi-lab studies. See announcements ...